I'd like to hear what you guys think about the idea of raising the max of a skill to something above 99. This isn't a suggestion, but the spark of a discussion. I'd like to hear your opinions regarding whether or not it would be a good thing to implement or a bad thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think about this sometimes. I mean the max damage just seems to keep going up and up... you can knock somebody out with two hits! JAGeX isn't going to be able to put stronger weapons in the game anymore because it will get to the point where you would be able to knock somebody out with one hit. Now how is that fair? Come to think of it... how the hell is knocking somebody out with two hits fair?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discuss.

i dont think it is fair

I think it would be a good thing because after reaching a couple 99s, I bet people are getting bored. I mean they could max out their skill (200M xp), but otherwise they'll just sit there and have no more goals :(

I think it should stay at 99.

 

 

 

Theres no point in raising skills into the 120's, its just too much time wasted. And I don't think Jagex wants kids staying up till 3am trying to reach a nearly impossible goal.

I think it should stay at 99.

 

 

 

Theres no point in raising skills into the 120's, its just too much time wasted. And I don't think Jagex wants kids staying up till 3am trying to reach a nearly impossible goal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

why wouldnt they?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Besides getting to the real thread. I think a lot of signs point to Jagex making the skills go higher than 99. i remember reading a thread on the official forums where the author made some calculations to find out if u had 200m xp in a skill your level would be 126. All of us know that level. A

yes, there are some players with multiple stats at 99, but it do few compared to the 6 million f2p and p2p players on runescape. For 90% of runescapers, a lvl 99 stat is only a dream, let alone a goal.

This game has been out for nearly 6 years now, time to move on past 99 ff$.

Personally I think 99 is high enough.

 

 

 

There isnt alot of stuff for high lvl in most skill yet anyways so they can still be expanded.

it isn't so much the 99 max lvl that bugs me as much as the 200 mil xp cap. Just look at all the people maxed at 200mil xp cooking. Being able to move past that would be a big improvement.

I think 99 is far high enough and given time scales it'd take anyone (even if you no-lifed it) several years to get all stats to 99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stats really don't have a bearing on max hits either.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also a while back Andrew or one of the high mod explained that rs is coded on a 2 digit level system. To implement any higher levels would require recoding it all into a 3 digit system and there is no way to do that without wiping all the previous stats

Well, you can get over level 99 if you take potions, skill cape or special foods. So, in theory, you could probably get level 120 temporarily

I think adding options to skills beyond the level 85 would be a good idea. A lot of skills have no new things to do past a certain level. And there are not enough people with a lot of high skills.

Nah, I think 99 is a good point to stop at.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although if it did go beyond 99 I'd have a sweet thieving lvl. \

I think 99 is good.

so what about people taht have 99 in every skill theyll have to wait 7months for a new skill then max that out in 5 weeks then be boed again.i think maybe 126 woudl be good

99 is good stop, it takes a lot of time to get a skill to 99. Besides, if they did raise it past 99 they would have to change when you get a Skill Cape and people would complain (more so than usual) about that.

No need for 99+ skills. Imagine lvl 500 runecrafting? :shock:

No need for 99+ skills. Imagine lvl 500 runecrafting? :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonuple Natures ftw! :thumbsup: That's why skills should be kept as they are at 99, the fragile economy would be crippled.

Agreed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off topic : Selling 15k Lobsters 240 each.

y do u get 99 then u can get the next lvl with 14. summet exp meaning u r now lvl 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i think they should raise the cap to 100 and people would be 127 then :twisted:

everyone take a look at this:

Also a while back Andrew or one of the high mod explained that rs is coded on a 2 digit level system. To implement any higher levels would require recoding it all into a 3 digit system and there is no way to do that without wiping all the previous stats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that was like 3rd post down, read before you post.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S i dont know how to put the "person" said on my quotes so im sorry to whoever posted it.

You are wrong. You cannot say that RuneScape is not currently equipt with the means to have more than 99 in a skill. One word my friend... POTIONS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And even if RS wasn't capable, which it is, then I doubt people would lose stats. Do you have any idea how simple it is to just upload a new piece of code without affecting everything else? It's like php and mysql. Two completely different things, but they go together great. Mysql is where the data is stored, and php is the code that stores the data.

You are wrong. You cannot say that RuneScape is not currently equipt with the means to have more than 99 in a skill. One word my friend... POTIONS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And even if RS wasn't capable, which it is, then I doubt people would lose stats. Do you have any idea how simple it is to just upload a new piece of code without affecting everything else? It's like php and mysql. Two completely different things, but they go together great. Mysql is where the data is stored, and php is the code that stores the data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mods have said it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The game is coded on a 2 digit system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Potions etc that boost beyond 99 just work by multiplying affects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also it is true

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the character accounts are encoded as they r in the 2 digit binary for stats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the game was then transfer into a 3 digit binary for the stat system, it would be unable to load character encoded in a 2 digit binary hence they would have to wipe all stats to change it

No need for 99+ skills. Imagine lvl 500 runecrafting? :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check the highscores...there are less than 500k people with 30 rc -.-

I have to laugh at the ignorance here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If we're storing levels as "numbers" then the max would likely be 127 or 128 without massive rework.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also highly doubt changing it would mean a wipe unless Jagex has their data set up very poorly.